Australia men's national ice hockey team

The Australian men's national ice hockey team (nicknamed the Mighty Roos) represent Australia in the sport of ice hockey under the jurdicstation of Ice Hockey Australia which is a part of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Australia competed in the Winter Olympics once, in 1960, when the team lost all of their matches. They have also competed in the Ice Hockey World Championships, 33 times with their best result being a ninth-place finish at the same Olympics with a 13th place (or 5th in Pool B) in 1962. The national team currently are in division two after being relegated from division one in 2013 with the team being currently ranked 35th in the IIHF World Rankings.

Australia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Mighty Roos
AssociationIce Hockey Australia
Head coachMatti Luoma[1]
AssistantsMichael Flaherty
Mark Rummukainen[1]
CaptainRobert Malloy
Most gamesGlen Foll (80)
Top scorerGreg Oddy (71)
Most pointsGreg Oddy (129)
Team colors     
IIHF codeAUS
Ranking
Current IIHF35 Increase 1 (28 May 2023)[2]
Highest IIHF23 (1992)
Lowest IIHF38 (2018)
First international
Czechoslovakia  18–1  Australia
(Squaw Valley, United States; 20 February 1960)
Biggest win
Australia  58–0  New Zealand
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  23–1  Australia
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances37 (first in 1960)
Best result9th (1960)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 1960)
International record (W–L–T)
93–115–10

History

Some Australian national team players are expatriates of Canada and other hockey-playing nations, who have since become outright citizens of Australia or who hold dual citizenship. Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California. Australia lost both their games against powerhouses Czechoslovakia (18–1) and eventual gold medalists, the United States (12–1). The team had previously tried to attend the 1956 games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, but never received approval from the Australian Olympic Committee.[3]

Australia has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. In 2007, they were coached by Steve McKenna, a former eight-year veteran of the National Hockey League. At the 2007 Division II World Championships, Australia won three games and lost one, finishing second in their group behind host nation South Korea and narrowly missing promotion to Division I.

Australia hosted the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Newcastle. The Mighty Roos finished first and captured the gold medal by winning all five games and were promoted to Division I for the first time ever.

World records

Australia previously held the distinction of holding a world record for most goals and highest winning margin in a IIHF World Championship game; they defeated New Zealand by a score of 58–0 in 1987, breaking the record held by Canada (47 goals against Denmark) since 1949. However this was surpassed in 2008 by the Slovak women's team (82 goals against Bulgaria).

Tournament record

Olympic Games
Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
United States 1960 Squaw Valley 6 0 0 6 10 87 William McEachern N/A Consolation Round 9th

World Championships
  • 1962 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
  • 1974 – 21st place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1979 – 26th place (8th in Pool C)
  • 1986 – 26th place (10th in Pool C)
  • 1987 – 25th place (1st in Pool D)
  • 1989 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
  • 1990 – 27th place (2nd in Pool D)
  • 1992 – 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
  • 1993 – 27th place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1994 – 33rd place (13th in Pool C)
  • 1995 – 36th place (16th in Pool C)
  • 1996 – 36th place (8th in Pool D)
  • 1997 – 34th place (6th in Pool D)
  • 1998 – 34th place (2nd in Pool D)
  • 1999 – 34th place (3rd in Pool D)
  • 2000 – 36th place (3rd in Pool D)
  • 2001 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2002 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
  • 2003 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
  • 2004 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2005 – 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2006 – 32nd place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
  • 2007 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
  • 2008 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
  • 2009 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A)
  • 2010 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2011 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
  • 2012 – 28th place (6th in Division IB)
  • 2013 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2014 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2015 – 34th place (6th in Division IIA)
  • 2016 – 35th place (1st in Division IIB)
  • 2017 – 30th place (2nd in Division IIA)
  • 2018 – 30th place (2nd in Division IIA)
  • 2019 – 31st place (3rd in Division IIA)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
  • 2022 – Withdrawn[6]
  • 2023 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)

Team
See also: List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Australia
Australia at the 2008 World Championship Division II, Group B.

All-time record against other nations

As of 12 March 2023[7] Teams named in italics are no longer active.

TeamGPWTLGFGA
 Austria1001017
 Belgium168085964
 Bulgaria113265760
 China94142349
 Chinese Taipei1100313
 Croatia70071131
 Czechoslovakia1001118
 Denmark2101710
 Estonia2002525
 Finland2002333
 France3003432
 Germany1001115
 Great Britain4004842
 Greece1100102
 Hong Kong2200790
 Hungary51041839
 Iceland85032519
 Italy2002425
 Israel127055844
 Japan70071793
 Kazakhstan2002336
 Lithuania3003720
 Luxembourg2200290
 Mexico77006012
 Netherlands50051044
 New Zealand27220531553
 North Korea84134230
 Poland100135
 Romania3003515
 Serbia95042735
 Slovenia2002221
 South Africa77006323
 South Korea142395584
 Spain175394970
  Switzerland1001020
 Turkey5500754
 United States1001112
 Yugoslavia2002218
Total213921011111691123

All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 April 2013[8]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
United States Denver Pioneers2002614
Czech Republic HC Poruba100145
Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel U252002512
Australia Victoria All Stars110043
Total61051934

References
  1. "2023 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM MANAGEMENT". Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. Gordon, Harry (2003). The time of our lives: inside the Sydney Olympics : Australia and the Olympic Games 1994–2002. University of Queensland. pp. 271–272. ISBN 0-7022-3412-5.
  4. "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. "Australian teams withdrawn". IIHF.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  7. "Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. "Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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